Amanda Is a Relationship Therapist and Usually Indulges in Gossip

question 33

Multiple Choice

Amanda is a relationship therapist and usually indulges in gossip with her secretary after lunch. After meeting with her new clients, Amanda calls her secretary into her personal cabin to have an informal chat. She tells her secretary that her new clients are the most ignorant people she has ever met. According to sociologist Erving Goffman, Amanda is in the _____.

• A) black box
• B) back stage
• C) front zone
• D) red zone
• E) staging area

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Definitions:

Optic Nerve

A cranial nerve that transmits visual information from the retina to the brain.

Light Rays

Streams of photons that move in a straight line and are responsible for allowing the human eye to see and perceive the world around.

Encoding

The initial process of transforming information into a form that can be stored in memory.

Memory Process

The series of steps that information goes through to be encoded, stored, and retrieved in the brain, forming the basis of memory.